Quotes About Realization

I didn't know what my passion was until I discovered the dramatic arts in junior high and high school and I realized, 'Oh, I like this. This is something I feel like I'm good at.' But, the idea of moving to Hollywood and becoming an actor was really unrealistic.

I think when you get into your 30s, you start to realize all of the patterns you have in your life and all of the stuff that you're avoiding. It's a terribly unsung period in people's lives. I can't think about many artists who have sung about it, because it's so not sexy.

The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.

Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.

I didn't realise I lived in the ghetto until we moved out.

Sometimes you don't quite realise what you have achieved until you look back.

It's not until they tell you you're going to die soon that you realise how short life is.

I was definitely a late bloomer and didn't really come into my own until I was probably in my 20s.

When I heard Bjork's debut, that was when I first realized that I could be a singer, even with my unusual voice.

When you split up with someone, someone that you're seriously in love with, it takes a lot of time before you even realise that you're upset. You know? It just hits you.

The upside of a downward spiral into despair and defeat in young adulthood is that pretty early on, I was forced to face not only the foolish things I had done but also the stark realization that there was likely no end to what I was capable of doing.

We spent a year touring the world and it wasn't until it was over that we truly appreciated the upside and downside of our success.

He realized that the ritualized world he had dismissed as feminine was in fact civilization.

the reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become

The value of achievement lies in the achieving.

Anything can happen if you are willing to put in the work and remain open to the possibility. Dreams are realized by effort, determination, passion and staying connected to that sense of who you are.

Achievement results from work realizing ambition.

A work is finished when an artist realizes his intentions.

God didn't come down and tell me; I had to find it out through many years of experience. The work came first; the inspiration came later.

Luck? Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

We do not create the work. I believe we, in fact, are discoverers.

I always thought if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough, things would work out. I was wrong.